Perversion
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| Author | Jane Austen |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Private |
| Publication date | 1811 |
| ISBN | N/A |
Perversion is the sixth novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Completed in 1811, its heady mix of recreational pharmacology, satanic rites and transgressive sex was too much for Regency society and it failed to find a conventional publisher. Austen had to resort to writing copies out by hand and distributing them herself on street corners - at least in the counties where the book had not already been banned. Even then, many copies ended up being used as kindling. However, in the intervening years, the book's reputation has grown and is now an acknowledged influence on the work of Hubert Selby, Jr., Irvine Welsh and Jilly Cooper.
Long considered unfilmable, a less than faithful version by Tinto Brass finally made it to the screen in 2010 under the name La Bunga Bunga di Gianetta. Rumours persist of a more serious adaptation being filmed by Nagisa Oshima under the working title Ai No Austena.
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